Charing Cross Hospital

Charing Cross Hospital
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
The hospital in 2013
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Location within Hammersmith and Fulham
Geography
Location	Fulham Palace Road, Hammersmith, London, England
Coordinates	51°29′14″N 0°13′10″W / 51.4871°N 0.2195°W / 51.4871; -0.2195
Organisation
Care system	National Health Service
Type	Teaching
Affiliated university	Imperial College School of Medicine
Services
Emergency department	Yes
Beds	511
History
Opened	1818; 206 years ago (1818) (as the West London Infirmary, renamed Charing Cross in 1827)
Links
Website	www.imperial.nhs.uk/our-locations/charing-cross-hospital

Charing Cross Hospital is an acute general teaching hospital located in Hammersmith, London, United Kingdom. The present hospital was opened in 1973, although it was originally established in 1818, approximately five miles east, in central London.

It is part of Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and is a teaching hospital of the Imperial College School of Medicine. It is a tertiary referral centre for neurosurgery, and is a national centre of excellence for gestational trophoblastic disease. It currently houses the serious injuries centre for West London.^[1] In recent times, the hospital has pioneered the clinical use of CT scanning.

The hospital is host to the West London Neuroscience Centre. In addition, a day surgery unit, the Riverside Wing, was recently added. The West London Mental Health NHS Trust also has buildings on site.^[2] The hospital hosts the largest and oldest gender identity clinic in the country, with 150 operations performed annually.^[3]